[Stillpraying]

Ok, so not at the higher end of the market but here's our 'vehicle' time line;

Just before H left he kept sending me texts from the Trading post with cars for sale at around the $25k mark.  I said we couldn't afford that.

I thought he really wanted a family car that could turn into a muso's car so he could transport his drums.  So I start looking and  find and  the 7 seater Chrysler Voyager for $14k and we put a deposit on it.  Then he LEAVES.

I want nothing to do with the family car I picked out, so I make him sign for it and put it in his name (we sorted it out at settlement).
Two years on he still has that car AND last year bought a Holden Commodore station wagon (which won't accommodate OW when he has the 4 kids) .  He even felt the need to tell me he got a loan for it. He can't even park the new car on my driveway as his brakes are no good. 

During this time he also bought a motorbike which he said he need to save money because the Voyager cost him too much on petrol.  Remember he still has both and car registration here costs nearly $700 per vehicle per year.

Now he also has a boat he bought off his brother which isn't sea worthy and needs to be repaired.  You should see the front of the house!!!

P.S.  I also forgot he took the covered trailer which we used for family holidays to take the kids bikes in etc.  it's also sitting in his front yard along with the others1

[riverbirch]

Do slide in truck campers count?Thats what my H lives in,in his shop.He bought an on/off road motorcycle.He could have bought it when he was home and I wouldn't have cared.We own a regular camper too.

A few months ago I got...

It doesn't look like I'm coming home does it,but comes home now to spend a night or two.

[With Gods Help!]

I am actually ROTFLMFOA thinking about this again ..........the one that got me the most and i spluttered my coffee all the laptop was one of the LBSers saying one of h's excuses was he didnt like the new rug she had put in the hallway ..........i remember laughing til i nearly peaed myself and couldnt tell my sister what i was laughing at because everytime i got to the part of the rug i would howl again ............i hope whoever it was will come on here and write about that ........there was more to it im sure it was her bending over backwards to try and change it or something like that  xxxxxxxxx

[Ready2Transform]

I love the car cliche - totally something I thought my H would never do.     He traded in our little Dodge Neon for a big extended cab pickup truck that you need a ladder practically to get in.  It costs $75 to fill it up, and even though it is used, he went to wacky car lot for it so he paid new price.    He also has/had (don't know if he still works) a work van - all parked in MIL's busy driveway.      Kept talking motorcycle but never has taken the leap there, probably due to money, but that hasn't stopped anything else.  Oh, and leading up to crisis he did the fixed gear bike thing, too, first with the little lycra outfits, then he got into the whole "bike pirate" scene and started wearing cutoffs, and Converse tied to the side to match the kids online.   All of that was to just ride down to the market! 

All this while I have no vehicle and toodle around with my dad when I need to hit the stores. For me, MLC has saved me more than Geico on car insurance.

[fidelle]

I love this thread!I always come here now if I'm in any doubt that it is MLC or just if I need a good laugh ...as Miranda's Mum would say "Such fun!!". Along witht the electric blue landcruiser, there is also a boat which he's been living on (I've seen him wearing a hanky on his head like a real pirate ) and talk about buying a motorbike...

[With Gods Help!]

Ha that just jogged my memory ........when h first started at the gym (i didnt know about o/w then).............he wanted me to go shopping with to the sports stores............he actually bought one of those spandex tops ...........it was 2 sizes too small .....h looked at me and asked if i liked it..........i nearly fell over .........i said what do you need one of those for woman wear them (it was a mans though) to hide their lumps and bumps...........he said so when i start at the gym it will hide my belly and i wont look fat it gets better no he did not wear it for the gym ..........he wore it under his shirt so o/w would think he didnt have a gut...........he was almost 40 then o/w 26 yrs old....i bet he didnt drink or breath on that night out..............one day im going to remind him off that top ............in fact its in the house somewhere  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[kikki]

   

[Bewildered]

Mine was a lycra cycle man and a hoodie man of the streets ?  and a all in one lycra triathlon man - NOT a good look unless you are under 30  He is now getting back to normal - no lycra for some time triathlons gone ... and hoodies too

Bought 3 ££££ bikes

but has given one to our son ...

He is slowly moving forward - he did tell me at BD that one reason he could not come home was I never went to triathlons with him and held his wet suit whils the ran and cycled (found out OW did this for him -  I mean why!!!)

xxB

[crazyjourney]

Ha no, no red ones that would have been a laugh.

x

[Trustandlove]

OK, I'll play....

a year pre BD he bought a very expensive family car, way out of budget; was angry when I wasn't super-enthusiastic.   He took that at BD, it's now 2 more cars (BMWs, this time, latest one largest going...) later for him.    He traded the original car because it was too much of a "family" image for him....  I still have the small car which we had before. 

And yes, lycra....